Aloof Miliband is alienating his own support

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Many sympathisers who find themselves excluded from the leader’s inner circle are losing faith in his ability to win

Before we turn our attention to today’s political problem — dwindling support for the Labour Party — I’d like to tell you a story about the Mayor of Oklahoma.

Six years ago Mick Cornett called a press conference in front of the elephant house at the city zoo. He was an overweight Republican running a city with one of the fattest populations in America. He had been trying to diet and exercise on his own and although he had lost 40lb in 40 weeks he still weighed 180lb, far too much for his 5ft 9in height. He decided to go public and